Add ILIKE helper function

pkg/db/helpers.go

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+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-2021 Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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+//
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+//
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+
+package db
+
+import (
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/config"
+	"xorm.io/builder"
+)
+
+// ILIKE returns an ILIKE query on postgres and a LIKE query on all other platforms.
+// Postgres' is case sensitive by default.
+// To work around this, we're using ILIKE as opposed to normal LIKE statements.
+// ILIKE is preferred over LOWER(text) LIKE for performance reasons.
+// See https://stackoverflow.com/q/7005302/10924593
+func ILIKE(column, search string) builder.Cond {
+	if config.DatabaseType.GetString() == "postgres" {
+		return builder.Expr("`"+column+"` ILIKE ?", "%"+search+"%")
+	}
+
+	return &builder.Like{column, "%" + search + "%"}
+}